1969 CONCACAF Championship

The 1969 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 November to 8 December. Six teams participated in the tournament.

1969 CONCACAF Championship
Campeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1969
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
Dates23 November – 7 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place Netherlands Antilles
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Marco Fión
Nelson Melgar
Víctor Ruiz
(3 goals each)

The event was hosted by Costa Rica in the city of San José. Seven team qualified, but Haiti's disqualification[1] left six teams to play in the round-robin format to determine the winner. The tournament was won by the host nation, for the second time after 1963, by tying defending champions Guatemala 1–1 in the deciding final match.

Qualifying Tournament
Main article: 1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Venue
San José
Estadio Nacional (1926)
Capacity: 25,000

Final tournament
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Costa Rica 5 4 1 0 13 2 +11 9
2  Guatemala 5 3 2 0 10 2 +8 8
3  Netherlands Antilles 5 2 1 2 9 12 −3 5
4  Mexico 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 4
5  Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 4 12 −8 3
6  Jamaica 5 0 1 4 3 10 −7 1
Source:
Costa Rica 3–0 Jamaica
Álvaro Cascante
Roy Sáenz
Edward Dawkins  o.g.'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 7,389
Guatemala 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Tomás Gamboa
Marco Fión
Costa Rica
Mexico 2–0 Jamaica
Francisco Mancilla
Alfonso Sabater
Costa Rica
Costa Rica 2–1 Netherlands Antilles
Jaime Grant
Álvaro Cascante 		Croes
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Guatemala 6–1 Netherlands Antilles
Nelson Melgar
Daniel Salamanca
Rolando Valdez
Meulens 		Regales
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Theophilus Joseph (Trinidad and Tobago)
Trinidad and Tobago 3–2 Jamaica
Everald Cummings
Keith Douglas
Ulrich Haynes 		Delroy Scott  20'
Joshua Hamilton  31'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Jorge Mendez Montes De Oca (Guatemala)
Costa Rica 2–0 Mexico
Jaime Grant  4'
Roy Sáenz  33'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Henry Landauer (United States)
Netherlands Antilles 3–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Loefstok
Martijn 		Ulrich Haynes
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 1–0 Mexico
Marco Fión  46'
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Referee: Theodorus Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)
Netherlands Antilles 2–2 Mexico
Adelbert Toppenberg José Crespo
Leopoldo Barba
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Juan Soto Paris (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 0–0 Jamaica
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Diego Di Leo (Mexico)
Costa Rica 5–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Víctor Ruiz
Wálter Elizondo [2]
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,234
Referee: Kenneth Adolfus Chaplin (Jamaica)
Netherlands Antilles 2–1 Jamaica
Regales
Martijn 		Largie
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica
Attendance: 170
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
Mexico 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica
Costa Rica 1–1 Guatemala
Wally Vaughns Marco Antonio Fión
Estadio Nacional, Costa Rica

Awards
 1969 CONCACAF
Championship winners 

Costa Rica
Second title

Scorers
3 goals
2 goals
  • Álvaro Cascante
  • Roy Sáenz
  • Jaime Grant
  • Regales
  • Loefstok
  • Martijn
  • Adelbert Toppenberg
  • Ulrich Haynes
1 goal
Own goals
  • Edwin Dawkins (for Costa Rica)

References
  1. IV. CONCACAF Nations Cup 1969
  2. La Tricolor en los Norcecas 63 y 69 Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine – Nación (in Spanish)
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